| A few years ago, in Canada, we were paying $4500 per person - and everyone was covered. The US was paying $5K public per person and $5K private per person. Meaning - the US is already paying more per capita in public healthcare spending, than Canada, and for that price in Canada - everyone is covered. This kind of means, the US could literally give all of its citizens 'Canadian Quality Universal Coverage' and literally save a few dollars in public spending, and wipe out the need for private spending. So 'cost' and 'profit' are different things. The US HC system is a giant elephant of inefficiency. This is not a small thing: 'Healthcare' is a 'Pillar of American Decline'. I don't mean that America is falling apart, but rather, it's having less influence in the world. 50 years ago, you went to the Hospital because you were hurt. Now - it's all about aging people who are elderly who see the doctor 20x a year and it's why costs have skyrocketed. It's also when people are the least productive and less likely to be working with good insurance. HC is a disaster that makes the US a 'much less attractive place to live' for one's entire life, unless one is rich - whereas that was not the case before. It really needs to be sorted out. The Media Left, by highlighting Woke issues, instead of things like outrageous healthcare, has completely lost their minds. MSNBC was calling Elon Musk 'racist and misogynist' for his completely benign comments about this giant tax bill. Instead of looking at inequality issues through economic lenses, they're committed to throwing around gender and racial slander. The HC system is a soft, easy target because there are unlimited stories of people getting huge bills, unfair pricing. But you won't see to many stories, because "Sponsored by Phizer". |
Literally 100% of the elderly in the US are already covered by the socialized medicine you seem to be advocating for. It's not optional.